Second Nature
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£3.99
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We have enjoyed listening to this CD, very much. Easy transaction and quick delivery, thank you.
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La segunda gran entrega que esta gran Diva de la musica clasica nos ha dado; que magnifica seleccion de canciones y que voz mas preciosa!! entre las canciones mas maravillosas estan "EN ARANJUEZ CON TU AMOR" (Mi favorita, que gran interpretacion y excelente orquestracion), "O SOLE MIO" (Pura italia!), "TIME TO SAY GOODBYE" (Simplemente fabulosa), "BARCAROLLE" (Una de las mejores versiones que he oido de esta pieza), "VA PENSIERO" (Que elegancia), "O HOLY NIGHT" (me trajo muy bellos recuerdos de mis navidades pasadas) y "VIDE COR MEUM" (que duo mas fantastico hace ella con el tenor que la acompaña); Katherine siempre nos sorprende con su voz, su belleza y sobre todo con su carisma, y deseo que su paso a WARNER MUSIC produzca bellezas igual de maravillosas que las que produjo en su increible periodo con UNIVERSAL.
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It isn't always that you can obtain an 'easy listening' performance of the voice, with an 'easy on the eye' artist. The range of songs is excellent, especially 'O Holy Night'. In my opinion, this is the best CD that KJ has made, allowing her voice to provide unforgettable clarity and definition.
The selection of these tracks has been skilfully constructed to give a balanced performance throughout. If this CD was purchased 'blind', the buyer would not be disappointed.
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Katherine Jenkins is probably one of those singers who has a potential that is somehow never really getting developed. It doesn't really bother me whether or not she is an opera singer; my main frustration with her is that she clearly has a good voice but somehow manages to spoil a great deal of songs with it and her biggest trouble is that her singing is completely devoid of personality.
There is no heart and soul on her singing. She doesn't touch you, doesn't make you want to hear her again... She is definitely not an artist.
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Having shown promise with her debut album Premiere, Katherine enhanced her growing reputation with this follow-up. The enclosed booklet contains full lyrics, complete with English translations where the original lyrics are in another language (Welsh, Italian or whatever). It is particularly interesting to read the translation of O sole mio, which is nothing like any English lyrics normally associated with the tune, most famously by Elvis Presley (It's now or never). Note that there are no lyrics for Hymn to the fallen, on which Katherine's vocals are limited to ah-ah and similar sounds, only much better than I can describe it.
Katherine sings four of the songs in English. O holy night is the Christmas classic. You'll never walk alone is the Rodgers and Hammerstein song that became s British number one hit for Gerry and the Pacemakers, but which is best known now as a football anthem. I know that Katherine has performed at a cup final at least once, so it made sense for her to put this song on an album. I don't remember hearing the other two English-language songs (House of no regrets, Song to the moon) elsewhere, but they are definitely worth hearing.
Classical purists may deride Katherine and other crossover singers, but there is no doubt that she takes classical and operatic music to people that the specialist singers cannot reach. Katherine may eventually decide to take her career in a different direction, or she may decide to do other things with her life, but while she continues on her present course, she will continue to popularize classical music in Britain and elsewhere.
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